Designing an Interactive Sonic Media Environment for Stroke Rehabilitation

Immersive media environments assist in solving the realworld issues of presenting multimodal information and of responding to user reactions, such as with patients during stroke rehabilitation therapy. Embedding media in the experience creates a new perspective for both the therapist and the patient. It is in this perspective that creative implementation of the arts within technology flourishes. A sonic media environment designed for stroke therapy provides the patient with the ability to produce an accurate trajectory. Based on selfassessment, focus is on the linearity of movement and speed is not crucial. Gradually reducing the amount of real-time media information and promoting a more constructivist learning approach towards therapy, is a cornerstone of this paper.